Proposed Provision: A4. Starting December 2022, compute the COLA using a chained version of the consumer price index for wage and salary workers (CPI-W). We estimate this new computation will reduce the annual COLA by about 0.3 percentage point, on average. The new COLA will not apply to DI benefits. It will apply to OASI benefits, except for those of formerly disabled-workers who converted to retired-worker status.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Current Law Provision
2019273273
2020260260
2021245245
2022229229
2023213214
2024197198
2025180182
2026163166
2027147151
2028130135
2029114120
203097104
20318089
20326373
20334658
20342841
20351025
2036-98
2037-28-9
2038-47-26
2039-67-43
2040-87-61
2041-108-79
2042-129-98
2043-150-116
2044-171-134
2045-192-152
2046-213-171
2047-234-189
2048-255-207
2049-276-225
2050-297-243
2051-318-260
2052-338-278
2053-359-296
2054-380-314
2055-401-332
2056-422-350
2057-444-368
2058-465-387
2059-487-405
2060-509-424
2061-531-444
2062-554-463
2063-577-483
2064-601-504
2065-625-525
2066-649-546
2067-674-568
2068-699-590
2069-724-612
2070-749-634
2071-776-657
2072-802-681
2073-830-705
2074-857-729
2075-885-754
2076-914-780
2077-944-806
2078-975-834
2079-1007-862
2080-1039-890
2081-1072-919
2082-1106-949
2083-1139-978
2084-1173-1008
2085-1207-1038
2086-1242-1068
2087-1275-1098
2088-1309-1127
2089-1342-1157
2090-1375-1185
2091-1407-1213
2092-1439-1242
2093-1471-1270
2094-1503-1298
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